THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (December 13-19) and GFC WEEK 10 ROLL CALL!

# **THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (December 13-19) and GFC WEEK 10 ROLL CALL!** This is your weekly update on all things Gator including workouts and other events, plus our weekly Gator Fitness Challenge "roll call". This week we have a full slate of workouts for you and our 8th Annual Members Meeting / Awards & Recognition Night on Thursday... And we will have some door prizes that you must be present to win AND the only way to be entered on to the "Wheel of Winners" is to indicate "Going" on the event (see link below)! Before we get into more about that... * **Let's Party!... **Thanks to Gina Stango and all that assisted her (including Lynn Seuberling and others) in preparing for and delivering the amazing party last Friday night! What a fun time from the hat/visor giveaway (post your selfied wearing yours!) to the raffle winners (thanks to our amazing sponsors for all of the prizes!) to the White Elephant gift exchange to another great Tina Belles performance! * **Early registration is now open!... **In case you didn't catch it, for the first time ever we have opened member registration in December! For all of the details, including an online registration link, see the post under "Featured". And welcome to Sarah Barkley who has officially registered and is our first 2022 new member! * **Congratulations** for this past weekend's successes to Jon Crosby who completed a Spartan "beast" event and Shawn O'Malley who finished his 5th Half IRONMAN distance event in 2021! Both events took place in Florida. **And now on to this week...** **GFC Roll Call!... **This week's Gator Fitness Challenge "Roll Call" covers week 10 (December 6-12) that ended yesterday. If you completed any of the three challenges, please post a comment... * "SBR" if you completed the Swim/Bike/Run Challenge (30 minutes of each) AND/OR... * "SCF" if you completed the Strength/Core/Flexibility Challenge (30 minutes total of any combination) AND/OR... * "Plank" if you completed the progressive Plank Challenge that started in week 1 at 15 seconds then has increased 15 seconds each week and last week's plank was 2 minutes and 30 seconds (this week's challenge is 2 minute and 45 seconds... Yikes!). * "All 3" if you were a week 10 superstar and completed all 3 challenges! We also welcome more creative responses! **Workouts and Events:** Here's what is on this week's schedule including a youth Gators bike ride opportunity on Saturday... * **Monday 12/13, 7:00pm-8:00pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 1-4): Swim workout** coached by Dre Barber * **Tuesday 12/14, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout** coached by Don Schlichtmann * **Tuesday 12/14, 7:15pm-8:30pm, Spring Valley YMCA Cycling Studio: Spin/Strength workout **coached by Brian Kozera * **Wednesday 12/15, 6pm: Run workout** coached by Karen Dunn... Watch for an "Event" coming soon! * **Wednesday 12/15, 7:30pm-8:30pm: Zwift cycling meetup... **Join us for our weekly club ride! Watch for an "Event" posting soon! * **Thursday 12/16, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout **coached by Don Schlichtmann * **Thursday 12/16, 7pm-8:15pm, Zoom: 8th Annual Members Meeting / Awards & Recognition Night: ** Join us for a fun and informative time! And you might even win a raffle prize! See the details here... https://www.facebook.com/events/594684205122856 * **Thursday 12/16, starting at 8:30pm (or whenever you arrive), Railroad Street Bar & Grill... The Meeting After the Meeting: **This will be our traditional post-meeting get together where we'll put a bow on 2021 and toast some amazing accomplishments as well as the year ahead! See the details here... https://www.facebook.com/events/307784657870216 * **Saturday 12/18, 8am-9am: Zwift cycling meetup... **Watch for an "Event" posting soon! * **Saturday 12/18, morning: Jr Gators / Gator Tots Parkerford to Phoenixville 8 mile Bike Ride** (with treats at the end!)!... Contact Cindy Kelecic for details. * **Sunday 12/19, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA, Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 3-6): Uncoached group swim workout** **Have a great week! 🐊**